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A. F. EUCHENHOFER.

AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER. APPLICATION FILED IULY 6.19l5.

Ihm I Patented Apr. 3,1917.

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AUTOGRAPHIC REGISTER.

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I0, ASSIGNOR TO THE STANDARD REGISTER I COMPANY, DAYTON, OHIO, A CORPORATION OF OHIO.

To all whom t may concern.

Be it known that I, ADoLrH F. EUCHEN- Horne, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of the city of Dayton, in the county of Montgomery and State of Ohio,

have invented certainA new and useful Improvements in Autographic Registers, of which the following is a full, clear, and eX- act description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification. f

My inventionrelates to autographic registers adapted to make two detachableregistries anda record copy thereof, and my various improvements are shown as applied to the sprocket feed, perforated paper type of register. The register shown is furthermore provided with a special casing for atdesk or table as is the most familiar practice.

l It is the obj ect of my invention to provide a register of the recording type in which the secret record roll is readily accessible to the operator so that upon unlocking a special door the record strip may he drawn out without disturbing any of the other parts of the machine. It is further one of the ohjects to provide in connection with said door a simple and easy means available from the opening of the door for unlatching the other parts of the machine, and releasing the locking means for holdingthe spindles of the various feed rolls of the register. It

is also the object of this invention to provide a means for holding the roll of carbon paper used in making the duplicate copies -which is simple and inexpensive. And generally it is my object to provide a series of locks Vand friction releasing devices in connection with my novel door. Another object of the invention is to provide a special shaped curved back plate to engage and turn upawardly the duplicate slips as they are fed from the machine, this latter device being l 'particularly useful in connection with registers. of the type that are to befattached to a-wall.

These objects and various other advantages as will be noted, I accomplish by that certain construction and arrangement of Specification of Letters Patent.

`Application led'July 6, 1915. Serial No.38,059.

AUTOGRAPI-IIC REGISTER.

Patented Apr. 3, 1917.

v parts to he hereinafter Lmore specifically pointed out and claimed.

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Figure l is Ja side elevation of the machine taken from the right hand'side.

.Fig 2 is a diagrammatic view showing the arrangement `of the films Yor strips of paper used in the machine.

Fig. 3 is a central vertical section of the machine looking toward the right hand side thereof. .Y

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the special door. Fig. 5 is a top plan view of the machine with parts broken away and With the lid removed and the door and secret record receiving roll sectioned.

Fig. 6 is a front elevation of the machine with the front wall thereof removed and'sectioned at the right hand side to show the structure of the common locking plate for all paper roll shafts.

.The machine has a casing, having the rear.

wall 1, side walls 2 and 3, and front wall 4. The rear wall is mounted on the wall of a booth or the like, by meansv of screws 5, 5,

and the front wall is hinged at 6to the base 7 of the casing, and has a spring latch 8 which engages over a pin 9 on the side wall 2. VThe front wall is held from falling too far`open by a chain 10.

One of the side walls is provided with three diagonal slots 11 and the other side with corresponding holes in which to mount the three paper guide rollers 12, 12; and resting on the lugs 13, 13 along the inside at the top of the side walls is thetablet plate 14, which has depending pins 15 engaging between the central lugs.

The lid or top 16 ofthe machine is mounted on arms 17, 17, which are pivotally secured in the upwardly extending rear top portion 18 of the two sides. This lid carries in a semicylindrical casing 19 at its rear end in which is slidably mounted the spring-pressed friction roller 20 of usual design. Journaled in the side walls in a position beneath this friction rollerA is the toothed feed roller 21, having a series of teeth at each end to engage in suitable perforations in the webs of paper A, B and C, and

feed the paper over the tablet plate 14, as`

the roll yis revolved. The feed roll is operatedby a hand wheel 22, mounted direct on the shaft of the roll, the said wheel having a spring stop 23 which engages a stud 24 on the inner surface lof the Wheel. depressed each time the machine is operated by the thumb of the operator, it being locatedso as to permit of this.

The shaft of the feed roll has frictionally U mounted at its other end, as described in said application, a gear 25 which meshes with a gear 26 mounted on the sidewall 3. This gear 26 serves to operate the roll for receiving the record strip as will be described.

A spring .finger 27 mounted at the rear of y the side wall 2 is positioned so as to engage under the corner of the casing 19 on the lid portion, to hold it up when it is desired toy get at lthe interior of the machine. The lid has a depending fiange 28 at its forward end which is adapted to engagel behind the outwardly and upwardly'turned upper end 29 of the front wall. This device forms a lock for the lid or top, inasmuch las the top may be closed down and the front' wall closed up over the said flange, thereby holding the top.

.The latch 8 thus servesas a locking .means for the entire machine.

Gut in the middleupper portion ofthe side wall 2 isa door'opening 30 (Fig. 3) in which fits a door 31. The door has ears 32, 33 at its rear side to engage around the rear wall of the door opening, a ledge 34 to seat on the lower edge of the opening and a lock 35 having a bolt 36which engages within the front wall of the opening. This door may mounted on spindles 40. These spindles have' thus be locked in place by means of the lock, orthe bolt may be withdrawn and the door lifted entirelyvout of the opening. In order y heads 41 for the use of the operator, .and pass r opening above described,jand the plate-is through' proper apertures in each of the side walls so that the. operator may pull out the lspindles for'renewing the paper rolls thereon.. The spindles have peripheral. grooves 42 1n which are adapted to engage the arms 43 of a three-armed plate 44.` This plate is slidably mounted on pins 45 which engageslots 46 in the plate, and'is positioned so that its upper edge lies Just beneath the ydoor normally heldin a position in engagement with the grooves in the aper`roll spindles by means of a spring` 4 'To release the spindles of the three rolls, it is necessary to The stop isremove the door and lift up the plate 44,y

when the spindles may be withdrawn, for mounting a new roll of paper or the like by pulling on the heads 41, which lie outside of the machine.

As in the application above referred to,

the two`check strips AA and B pass up and around the rollers 12, over the'tablet plate, and thence to the feed roll` where the teeth thereon engage proper perforations in the edges of the paper. The record strip C takes a like path, but as in said application, does not engage the teeth on the feed roll. It passes over thefeed roll between the toothed portion thereof and is guided downwardly by a curved plate 48, where it passes between the feed roll and a further friction roll 49. The roll 49 has a pin and slot mounting in the side walls of`themachine at 50, and is pressed upwardly into contact with the feed roll by a spring 51, as in said application. The storage roll 39 for the record paper is held under friction by a spring plate 52 which bears on its upper surface and is mounted on a shaft 53 extending acrossbetween the sides of the machine at the rear, and held by a spring 53, which connects with an arm 53b on said` shaft.

Meansare provided for releasing simultaneously the three tension devices .for the record strip, to wit: the friction rolls 20 and 49 and the friction plate 52.

' Mounted pivotally on a stud 54 on the side a cam arm 60 which extends out over the friction roll'49 and a cam arm 61 which eX- tends up to a position under the roll 20. When the lever 55, which is also located at the door opening referred to, is depressed, the friction plate 52 will be raised, Othe roll 49 pushed down and the roll 20 pushed up,

- thereby releasing all tensionv on the record strip. Owing to the cam surface of the end 'of the lever 58, when the lever55 is depressed, it will stay down, and it will be ypossible to draw through the machine as 4much of the record strip as is desired, ,without keeping the finger on'the said lever 55. f When this lever is in depressed' position, it is impossible to replace the door because the lower of the two ears, z'. e. the ear 33, on the door will strike the end of the lever owing to its position, thereby insuring that the proper friction will be thrown into operative position whenever the door is closed and locked.

The receiving roll for the record strip comprisesa Wooden spool 62 (Fig. 5) having a metallic core 63, on which is mounted for the metallic core, and the roll is to be I roll to be iled with the business records, and 4 slid over the spindle in mounting or removing it. The spindle is supported at one end only and is rigid and non-removable. In

mounting it, the gear 63a is placed in mesh with the gear 26 which as before stated is in frictional operative connection with the feed roll 21, and the revolving of the feed roll will cause the record receiving roll to rotate also. A pin 65 having a bent end 66 which is inserted in a hole in the Wooden spool serves to take the initial hold on the recordpstrip. The door 31 when it is in .closed position serves to hold the receiving roll in place.

abled to close and lock the machine by means of the door, so that the hinged portions cannot be unlatched,y the paper roll spindles may not be withdrawn, andthe record roll friction cannot be tampered With.

In placing the receiving roll for the record strip opposite the door opening a distinct advantage is gained. The operator upon unlockingand removing the door has the said roll with the strip of` paper containing the record directly in front of him. He

may then release the friction on the stripl and roll as much as he desires onto the spool, by sliding the gear on the said spool just out of mesh with its driving gears; then taking a pair of scissors he may cut off the' strip and draw out the roll with the complete recordof all transactions. rIhese operations can be performed without in any way affecting the check strips because they are held in place by the engagement of their perforations with the teeth on the feed roll.

The strip may then be unwound from the the roll pushed back into place. The record strip is then drawn out so as to leave an end for securing' it to the roll, and this strip secured to the roll by means of the pin already.

described.

An upwardly curved plate is provided, having end flanges 71, 71, (Fig. 3) for securing it to the upwardly extending portions 18 at the rear of the side walls, screws 72 being employed for this purpose.` The plate when mounted lies just to the rear of the 4 feed roll, and has slots 7 3 to clear the toothed portions thereof andI tongues 74:, which lie just beyond the ends of the roll proper (Fig. 5) As the feed roll is rotated, and the check strips are drawn over the roll they will be engaged by the curved plate and turned upwardly so that they can be easily seized -rby the operator for the purpose of tearing them of. The cutting edge 75 for tearing is formed on the rear edgeof the casing 19 for the upper friction roll 20. It is readily to be seen that the upward delivery of the duplicate checks is especially advantageous in a machine that iS to be mounted on a wall, but it is also of considerable advantage in doing away with the chance of the under strip being carried along with the record strip resulting` in a clogging of the record feeding mechanism.

A- simple and inexpensive method for mounting the roll of carbon paper is provided. The trough 76 for the paper is mounted on the side wall 3 of the machine, and the lid of the machine is extended out at the side, as is customary, to cover over the trough when the machine is closed. A slot 77 is cut at the forward end of the trough and a proper aperture is providedC at the rear end thereof to It 1s thus obvious that the operator 1s enl the stop for a spring 81 mounted on said spindle, and this spring bears against a disk 82 that is slidably mounted on the spindle and bears against the end of the spool. In mounting the carbon roll it is wound on the spool and the spool placedover the rod. The dislis pulled back against thtJ pressure of the spring so as to allow the rear endof the spindle to extend well out of the spool, and this end inserted through the aperture in rear of the trough. The forward end of the spindle is then dropped into the slot 77 in the trough and the pin turned so as to engage behind a stud 83 at the forward end of the trough. The paperis then ready to By specific description of parts withoutV reference to possible equivalent structures, it has not been intended( to limit the claims that follow to specific structurewherethey are not particularly worded to include it.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire to secure by Lettersv Patent, is t 1. In an autographic register, the combination of a casing for the machine, a feed rol'l for duplicate check strips, a gear actuated thereby, a fixed transverse spindle for removably mounting a record strip recelvingroll, a gear on said roll to mesh with the be drawn out in suflicient length to reach*v across the tablet top of the machine, and the gear` rst mentioned, an aperture in the casing, adjacent the end of the receiving roll and means Afor closing the said aperture, said parts being so proportioned that the aperture closing means lies against the transverse spindle, to'hold the receiving roll in place. Y

2. In an autographic register, the combination of a casing for the machine, a. feed roll, a gear connected thereto, a transverse spindle for removably mounting a record strip receiving roll, a gear on said'roll to mesh with the gear irst mentioned, an aperture in the casing, adjacent theend of the feed roll, a tensioning device for the feed 4rollmeans for releasing the tensioning device located adjacent the aperture, the parts being so positioned that the aperture closin 'means lies against Athe transverse splndle, to hold the receiving -roll in place.

3. In an autographic register, the combination of a caslng -therefor paper vtherein and paper feeding mechanism therein, tension devices adapted'to hold vsaid paper, a lever for releasing said tension, an aperture in the casing, said lever located at one side of the aperture, means for closing said aperture, and means on said closing means for contacting with the lever in tension releasing position to prevent closure of said means with the lever at such position.

In an autographic register, the combif nation of a casing for the machine, a driving mechanism, a record'receiving roll, an aperture in the casing, a-closure/ for the aperture, means for removably mounting the roll in the casin'g vvith its one end abutting the closure in the aperture, and means for operatively connecting the roll with the driving rmechanism,`for the purpose described. 5. In an autographic register, in combinat1on with a casingfor tlie machine, driving mechanism, a record receiving roll, an aperture in the casing, a closure for the aperture, aspindle in the casing on the opposite side from said aperture and extending across to the aperture, means for slidably mounting the roll on the spindle with its end abutting the closure and means for operatively connecting the roll with the driving mechanism, forthe purpose described.

p 6. In an autographic register, the combination of'a casing for the machine, storage rolls for paperremovably mounted in the casing, slots 1n the rolls, and a plate mounted slidably on the casing and having arms to simultaneously engage all of the slots in the rolls.

7. In an autographic register, having a casing provided with an aperture, storage rolls .for paper, feeding elements with tenjsioning members bearing thereon, a tablet top over which the papers are drawn, means for'locking down the tablet top, means for locking the storage rolls against removal, and means for releasin the tensioning members, an `of said locklng andl releasing means positioned adjacent the aperture in the casing, and a closure for said aperture adapted to be locked in place from Without n.the register, for the purpose described.

ADOLPH F. EUCHENHOFER. 

